Anchor.



D. M. REID.

ANCHOR.-

APPLICATION FILED 001.9. 1916.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

INVENTOR Kw ATTORNEY DAVID M. new, ornamrt'ron, oniraaro, CANADA.

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To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, DAVID M. REID, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Hamilton, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

lhis invention relates to anchors, and is designed to be used as land and boat anchors, and has for its principal object to provide means whereby the arms or flukes of the anchor may, when not in use be folded against the shank of the anchor, and thus enable the same to be packed or stored away in a relatively small space, and when in use said arms or flukes will open out automatically to their fullest and serve to form a secure holding means for whatever may be connected to the shank.

Another object of the invention is to provide an anchor of this type made wholly of rolled metal cut to'size and bent into the required shape, which operations may be quickly, readily, and economically performed, and while having the maximum degree of holding power, may be produced at the minimum of expense.

A further object of the invention is to provide an anchor of the class described having folding arms or flukes, and which is so made and combined that it will have a plurality of arms pivoted to a shank which, when in use, stands at various angles with relation to the axis of said shank, and when not in use, these arms or flukes can be folded to lie so closely against the shank that the anchor may, when employedas a boat anchor, be passed into and out through the hawse pipe, stood on end, ordisposed in a flat position when stored away so" as to occupy the least possible space and yet be in convenient position for quickuse when desired. 7

With these as the principal objects in view the invention consistsof the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved anchor in its simplest form;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view throughone of the arms or flukes thereof on the line 2-2;

'lFig. 3 is an elevation of the anchor as de- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. so, rare,

Application filed October 9, 1916. Serial No. 124,641.

signed more particularly for boat use, but which may be used as a land anchor;

Fig. i is a detail perspective view of the lower end of the shank of the anchor.

In the drawings 10 is the shank of the anchor which, as shown in Fig. 3, consists of a length of rolled metal, the upper end 11 and the lower end 12 being twisted or turned at right angles to the central portion 13. To the upper end 11 the bracing wire or cable, not shown, is attached, while to the lower portion 12 there is pivoted a pair of oppositely-extending arms or flukes 14c, similar arms or flukes 15 being pivotally mounted upon the central portion 13 of the shank 10. The arms or flukes 15, as shown, project substantially at right angles to the direction in which the similar arms or fiukes 14 extend and all of said arms when not in use fold upwardly against the shank. j The arms 15 lie against the opposite flat sides of the central section 13 of the shank and through perforations in theirv inner ends to a perforation in the shank is passed a pivot bolt or rivet 16 which is maintained in place by a nut screwed on the ends of the bolt. Each arm or fluke 15 is made of rolled metal, the inner half of which lies flatwise with and parallel to the fiat sides of the section 13; the outer half 17, howevenof each arm is at right angles to the inner half, the arm, as will be seen, being given a twist or quarter turn and the outer end tapered and formed into a point 18. vProjecting outwardly-from the shank on each side a short distance below the pivot 16 is a stud or stop 19 upon which the arms 15 hear when they are open as indicated in the drawing, and which hold said arms at such. an angle as will give afirm grip in the ground or on the bottom of a river, lake or other body of water when used as a boat anchor. By giving the outer ends of the arms or flukes the turn described, they present their flat broad sides to the ground and thus more efl'ectually hold the anchor than would be the case if the edge of the fiukes engaged the earth.

The arms or flukes 14 are duplicates of the arms 15 and need no further description other than to say that instead of the stops 19 the lower end of the shank 12 is centrally divided longitudinally and the divided ends turned in opposite directions as at 20 and than upwardly as at 21 forming thereby a shoulderedstop on each side of the shank into whiehthe respective arms or flukes 14: enter and are supported in their working positions.

An anchor such as described may beused for land and'boat purposes, but for most purposes when the anchor is to be used on' like those of the larger type of anchor have an intermediate twist or right-angle turn to cause theflattened faces of. the outer ends of the, arms to bear against the earth when stra n is applied to the anchor and thus afford a more rigid and a securer anchorage. then used as pole or post anchor ahole is bored inthe ground by means of a bar or rod of suitable kind and to the de.

sired depth and the anchor illustrated in F ig. 1 folded withthe arms or flukes 14 parallel with the shank 10 and a cable or wire attached to'the shank'is lowered into the hole until it reaches the bottom which is sufficiently deep toinsure the points 18 of the arms beingsome distance below the surface of the ground. The arms being then pushed outwardly as far as the hole will per mit tension is placed upon the wire or cable, and by such tension: the shank 10 is drawn outwardly toward the. top of the hole a greater or less distance. r

The points 18 of the arms being pressed against theground are forced Sidewise into the earth penetrating the same with more or less degree of readiness as the tension is increased .or decreased until the arms stand substantially a't'right angles to the shank, as shown in Fig. 1. In this position these arms are firmly secured in the earth and will stand far greater strain than they are liable tobe subjected to use and will by their topics :0! this patient may be obtained for secure holding properties maintain the pole or post in its upright position under most severe strains.

When used as a boat anchor, this device when thrown overboard naturally assumes the position with its arms or fiukes outstanding as shown in Fig. 3, the weight of said arms causing them to open out. Upon reaching the bottom of the river, lake or other body of water, the shank 10 will lie in a horizontal position with two of the arms or flukes upon the bottom which, as the anchor is dragged along by the moving boat, will enter thefsand or mud on the bottom and bring the boat to a stop. Should the anchor be rotated or turned over while being dragged along the bottom before securing a hold therein, the position of the fiukes is such that two of them will. always be in position to engage the bottom. When the anchor-is raised, it is withdrawn from the bottom in the same manner as the ordinary anchor, the cable being pulled in until the shank 10 stands practically in a vertical direction as in Fig. 3, thus raising the arms from the bottom and permitting the anchor to be readily drawn upwardly when it is taken aboard as usual and being of a fold ing type is easily stored away.

What is claimed is:

' An anchor having a shank formed of a flat bar of metal, a portion of said bar near its lower end being bent on the longitudinal axis of the shank at a right angle to the remainder of the bar, the lower end of said bar being in the same plane as the upper portion, said lower portion having a blunt end centrally split and bent to form two oppositely turned hooks opening upwardly, and a pair of arms orfiukes pivoted to the shank above the hooks and adapted to be folded against the shank when not in use or to be extended outwardly at an angle to the shank and supported in such position by said hooks.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID M. REID. 1 Witnesses:

CHAS. W. GARDNER, I'IUGH A. Amrsrnone.

five cents each, 'by' addressing the Commissioner of Patcntl,

Washington. D. 0. 

